Effect of Mat Pilates Training on Blood Pressure of Hypertensive Individuals

Federal University of São Paulo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypertension

Treatments: Behavioral: Mat Pilates Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02118350

Pilates

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aimed to evaluate the chronic effects of Mat Pilates Training on blood pressure, heart rate, double product and psychobiological factors in hypertensive medicated women and acute effects of Mat Pilates Exercise on blood pressure of such individuals.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 30 to 59 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Hypertensives women
• Age 30 to 59 years
• Nonactive
• Make use of antihypertensive medication

Exclusion criteria

• Orthopedic problems or other problem that prevented the exercises
• Change in drug treatment during protocol
• Absence in more than 25% of the exercise sessions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

Mat Pilates training

Experimental group

Description:

Mat Pilates training performed two times at week for 16 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mat Pilates Training

Control

No Intervention group